On July 31, 2017, the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) released its 2016/17 Annual Report. The report highlights the CCA's achievements over the past fiscal year and showcases the findings of its most recent expert panel reports.

The reports launched by the CCA in 2016/17 were characteristically diverse, exploring everything from the risks of marine shipping to strengths in regenerative medicine to subnational science policy. The CCA also received eight new assessment referrals on a wide range of topics, such as: policing in Indigenous communities, integrated natural resource management, learning experiences offered by business schools, and medical assistance in dying.

"Over the past year, we've worked concertedly to become even more responsive to the assessment needs of sponsors than in the past, by completing projects more quickly, rethinking our traditional reports, and undertaking a diversity of projects," said Eric M. Meslin, PhD, FCAHS, President and CEO of the Council of Canadian Academies. "By these measures, we've had a very successful year. We look forward to another year of providing key information to inform decision-making, and continuing to think about how we can become more relevant and responsive in our approaches to providing evidence to policy-makers."

The five completed assessments in 2016/17 brings the CCA's productivity, since its inception in 2005, to 43 evidence-based reports. As an independent, not-for-profit organization, the CCA has built its reputation over the past 11 years on its ability to convene the best experts in their respective fields to assess the evidence on complex topics of public interest. The success of its reports is due, in large part, to the support of its Member Academies -- the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences -- and their Fellows, including many of CCA's expert volunteers.

To learn more about the CCA and its active assessments, visit the Assessments in Progress page.

On July 31, 2017, the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) released its 2016/17 Annual Report. The report highlights the CCA's achievements over the past fiscal year and showcases the findings of its most recent expert panel reports.

The reports launched by the CCA in 2016/17 were characteristically diverse, exploring everything from the risks of marine shipping to strengths in regenerative medicine to subnational science policy. The CCA also received eight new assessment referrals on a wide range of topics, such as: policing in Indigenous communities, integrated natural resource management, learning experiences offered by business schools, and medical assistance in dying.

"Over the past year, we've worked concertedly to become even more responsive to the assessment needs of sponsors than in the past, by completing projects more quickly, rethinking our traditional reports, and undertaking a diversity of projects," said Eric M. Meslin, PhD, FCAHS, President and CEO of the Council of Canadian Academies. "By these measures, we've had a very successful year. We look forward to another year of providing key information to inform decision-making, and continuing to think about how we can become more relevant and responsive in our approaches to providing evidence to policy-makers."

The five completed assessments in 2016/17 brings the CCA's productivity, since its inception in 2005, to 43 evidence-based reports. As an independent, not-for-profit organization, the CCA has built its reputation over the past 11 years on its ability to convene the best experts in their respective fields to assess the evidence on complex topics of public interest. The success of its reports is due, in large part, to the support of its Member Academies -- the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences -- and their Fellows, including many of CCA's expert volunteers.